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Bona's Abrasion Products Cut Prep Time in Half

For a busy gym floor, downtime can be a massive inconvenience. Elk Grove Unified School District (EGUSD), the fifth-largest school district in California, like so many districts across the nation, was seeking a solution to minimize downtime and get the community back in its facilities faster. Located in southern Sacramento County, EGUSD covers 320 square miles, includes 67 schools and 26 hardwood gym floors. The floors are constantly busy with nonstop traffic in the form of basketball, volleyball, sport tournaments and other extracurricular activities. According to Ruben Valim, area supervisor at EUGSD, it was consequently a major issue for the schools to give up the gym floors during the annual recoats. Prior to 2017, recoating all 26 floors had been a six to nine-week procedure.

With the intention of streamlining the process, EGUSD switched to Bona’s recoat system following recommendations from Sac-Val Janitorial Supply. It proved to be a very successful change. Before switching to Bona the process was arduous. EGUSD would wet prep the floors ahead of sealing and finishing. They would apply prep cleaner to the floors before going over them with buffers and maroon pads. The following day, they would apply the first coat. By switching to Bona’s abrasion products, the prep process went from wet to dry, and from time-consuming to time-efficient. Tony Almeida, custodial services manager at EGUSD, called Bona’s MultiDisc and Diamond abrasives a “revolutionary combination.” He went on to state the following about the change of systems:

“We were able to cut our prep time in half (huge labor savings) and take what was once a 6-9-week process down to 3 weeks and 3 days (26 gym floors) … By incorporating this new method, we were able to support our GREEN cleaning standard by not only savings in labor but also [by] not ordering prep cleaner, [meaning] no VOC’s … and of course we did not have to introduce water to the floor.”

To finish the floors, EGUSD used Bona’s premium and highly durable waterborne hardwood gym floor finish, Bona SuperCourt® HD. The finish is, according to Ruben Valim, holding up very well overall, even though a variety of maintenance systems are used for the different floors. Bona offers a complete system of GREENGUARD certified products for gym floor recoat and daily maintenance.

Heavy gym floor downtime is now something of the past for EGUSD. The community has more access to school gymnasiums with the added peace of mind that the products used are environmentally mindful and backed by nearly 100 years of Bona expertise and knowledge. It’s a win all around.

24-Hours to Play

Get your team on the floor faster with Bona SuperCourt OPTUM™! After rigorous testing by Bona’s Research and Development team, we are pleased to announce a 24-hours to play time using Bona SuperCourt OPTUM, the best wood sport floor finish on the market today. Once 24 hours has passed after the last coat of finish is applied, the floor is ready to for play!Ask your Bona JanSan Specialist for more details today!

Bona SuperCourt® Finish Dispensing Bucket

The Bona SuperCourt Finish Dispensing Bucket is the most efficient way to tackle the process of recoating hardwood gym floors. The finish bucket dispenses an even and precise flow of floor finish from the spigot, proving a level coat without bubbles or streaks, accelerating and perfecting the finishing process. The operator controls the amount of finish dispenses by walking pace and adjusting the spigot throttle.

Bona

Bona AB is a family-owned company founded in 1919. With its headquarters in Sweden, Bona is now present in more than 90 different countries all over the world through subsidiaries and distributors. We provide products for the installation, maintenance and renovation of hardwood floors.